The Legacy of George W. Bush's Foreign

This volume incisively analyzes the foreign policy of George W. Bush. Examining the legacy of the forty-third president, Ilan Peleg explains the complex factors underlying the Bush Doctrine: neoconservative ideology, real and perceived challenges to US world supremacy, Bush's personality, the White House's unique decision-making process, and the impact of September 11. Peleg argues that in its shift from deterrence and containment to prevention and preemption, from multilateral leadership to unilateral militarism, and from consensual realism to radical neoconservatism, the Bush administration has effected a true revolution in the foundational goals, as well as in the means, of US foreign policy.

Ilan Peleg is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He is the editor-in-chief of Israel Studies Forum and author of several books, including the award-winning Human Rights in the West Bank and Gaza (1995) and the acclaimed Democratizing the Hegemonic State (2007).

Preface	p. ix
The Bush Legacy: Controversial Policy and Uncertain Future	p. 1
The Legacy,	p. 5
Disastrous Consequences?,	p. 10
Uncertain Future,	p. 15
The Challenge to America and the World	p. 19
The Post-Cold War Challenge: Alternative Responses to Uncertainty,	p. 20
The Challenge of September 11: The Temptation of an Uberpower,	p. 30
Bush's Doctrinal Innovations: Farewell to Realism,	p. 36
The Neoconservative Revolution: The Ideological Infrastructure of the Bush Doctrine	p. 45
The Principles of Neoconservatism: Different Perspectives,	p. 48
Neoconservatism: An Analytical Approach,	p. 51
Assessing the Neoconservative Paradigm,	p. 71
The Personality of George W. Bush	p. 75
Bush's Unique Historical Challenge,	p. 77
Classifying Bush,	p. 78
Knowledge, Experience, and Interest,	p. 83
Evangelical Manichean Radicalism,	p. 87
Nationalist Conflictual Pessimism,	p. 91
Lack of Openness and Flexibility,	p. 92
Arrogance,	p. 93
Instinct,	p. 95
Assessing the Impact,	p. 96
The Decision-Making Process	p. 99
Alternative Models and Personality/Ideological Thesis,	p. 99
Circles of Decision Making in the Bush Administration,	p. 104
The Decision-Making Unit,	p. 105
The Bureaucracy,	p. 114
The Political Class,	p. 122
American and World Public Opinion,	p. 125
Lessons for Future Presidents: America and the World Beyond Bush and Neoconservatism	p. 127
Neoconservatism Under the Microscope for a Better Future,	p. 130
A New Grand Strategy for America and the World,	p. 140
Toward a Better Future?,	p. 151
Notes	p. 155
References	p. 177
Index	p. 195
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The Legacy of George W. Bush's Foreign Policy: Moving beyond Neoconservatism

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